Methods and apparatus for material processing using atmospheric thermal plasma reactor
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United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C03B-003/02
C03B-005/00
C03B-019/10
H01J-037/32
H05H-001/30
H05H-001/42
출원번호
US-0230914
(2014-03-31)
등록번호
US-9533909
(2017-01-03)
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Boughton, Daniel Robert
출원인 / 주소
Corning Incorporated
대리인 / 주소
Barron, Jason A.
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Methods and apparatus provide for: producing a plasma plume within a plasma containment vessel from a source of plasma gas; feeding an elongate feedstock material having a longitudinal axis into the plasma containment vessel such that at least a distal end of the feedstock material is heated within
Methods and apparatus provide for: producing a plasma plume within a plasma containment vessel from a source of plasma gas; feeding an elongate feedstock material having a longitudinal axis into the plasma containment vessel such that at least a distal end of the feedstock material is heated within the plasma plume; and spinning the feedstock material about the longitudinal axis as the distal end of the feedstock material advances into the plasma plume, where the feedstock material is a mixture of compounds that have been mixed, formed into the elongate shape, and at least partially sintered.
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1. An apparatus, comprising: a plasma containment vessel having at least one wall member defining an inner volume having a central axis, an inlet end, and an opposing outlet end;a mechanism configured to receive a source of radio frequency power having characteristics sufficient to produce an electr
1. An apparatus, comprising: a plasma containment vessel having at least one wall member defining an inner volume having a central axis, an inlet end, and an opposing outlet end;a mechanism configured to receive a source of radio frequency power having characteristics sufficient to produce an electromagnetic field within the plasma containment vessel for maintaining a plasma plume from a source of plasma gas;a material inlet disposed at the inlet end of the plasma containment vessel and operating to receive an elongate feedstock material having a longitudinal axis;a rotation assembly disposed in communication with the material inlet and operating to permit the feedstock material to spin about the longitudinal axis as a distal end of the feedstock material advances into the plasma plume, anda feedstock processing mechanism upstream from the material inlet, wherein the feedstock processing mechanism operates to substantially continuously receive, mix, press, and at least partially sinter the compounds into the feedstock material as the feedstock material is fed into the plasma containment vessel,wherein the feedstock material is a mixture of compounds that have been mixed, formed into the elongate shape, and at least partially sintered. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the plasma plume is of a substantially cylindrical shape, and is of sufficient thermal energy to cause the distal end of the feedstock material to melt; andthe rotation assembly is operable to spin the feedstock material about the longitudinal axis at a sufficient speed to cause the melt to separate from the distal end of the feedstock material, in response to centrifugal force, and to form respective substantially spherical droplets. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a controller operating to control the rotation assembly to vary a rate at which the feedstock material spins, thereby controlling a size of the droplets. 4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the size of the droplets is between about 10 um-5000 um. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the rotation assembly spins the feedstock material at a rate between about 500 rpm-50,000 rpm. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a controller operating to control a power level of the radio frequency power, to thereby control an intensity of the electromagnetic field and a temperature of the plasma plume. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mechanism includes an induction coil disposed about the central axis of the plasma containment vessel, and operable to receive the source of radio frequency power and produce the electromagnetic field. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the radio frequency power is of a characteristic such that the electromagnetic field exhibits a frequency of at least 1 MHz. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the feedstock processing mechanism includes a rotating powder die and powder ram operating to press the mixed precursor compounds to between about 20 psi-200 psi. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the feedstock processing mechanism includes an inductive heating mechanism comprising a coil about a central axis, the pressed precursor compounds passing through the coil along the central axis thereof and being at least partially sintered therein. 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the inductive heating mechanism operates to heat the pressed precursor compounds to between about 500-1000° C. 12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the feedstock processing mechanism produces the feedstock having a diameter of between about 5 mm-50 mm. 13. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the at least one oxide compound is selected from the group consisting essentially of one or more of SiO2, Al2O3, B2O3, MgO, CaCO3, SrCO3, SnO2 and/or various mixtures thereof.
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